{"slug": "east-africa", "label": "East Africa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27407", "qid": "Q27407", "description": "easterly region of the African continent", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [850, 1505], "span_label": ["850 CE", "1505 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "zanj-rebellion", "label": "Zanj Rebellion", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "zanj", "label": "Zanj", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persian-gulf", "label": "Persian Gulf", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basra", "label": "Basra", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-muwaffaq", "label": "Al-Muwaffaq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-mu-tamid", "label": "Al-Mu'tamid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Coffee is discovered (according to legend) by the Ethiopian goatherder Kaldi in East Africa, who notices that his goats become energetic after chewing the red berries from certain wild bushes (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Food_and_Drink", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Events › By topic › Food and Drink"}}, {"year": 863, "year_label": "863 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Duan Chengshi, Chinese author and scholar, writes about the Chinese maritime trade and the Arab-run slave trade in East Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322668706#Asia", "title": "863", "revid": 1322668706, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 869, "year_label": "869 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa), provoked by mercilessly harsh labor conditions in salt flats, and on the sugar and cotton plantations of southwestern Persia, revolt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Arabian_Empire", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) capture the Abbasid seaport of Al-Ubullah at the Persian Gulf, and cut off communications with Basra (modern Iraq).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 872, "year_label": "872 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) defeat the Abbasid forces, led by caliphal regent Al-Muwaffaq (brother of caliph Al-Mu'tamid). Hostilities in Mesopotamia (Southern Iraq) will preoccupy Al-Muwaffaq, and the Zanj will remain on the offensive over the next several years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071842#Arabian_Empire", "title": "872", "revid": 1267071842, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) in Mesopotamia seize Wasit (modern Iraq), and establish a presence in the Persian province of Khuzestan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Arabian_Empire", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1505, "year_label": "1505 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Travelling to India, a group of Portuguese explorers led by Francisco de Almeida, with 22 ships and 1,500 men, sack the city-state of Kilwa in East Africa, killing the Emir Abraham for failing to pay tribute. Almeida installs Mohammed Ankoni as the new ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360582113#July–September", "title": "1505", "revid": 1360582113, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}